Latest Realty News of Daman & Diu

MUMBAI: Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Monday upheld an order by market regulator Sebi against Jaipur-based real estate major PACL Ltd and directed it to refund Rs 49,100 crore that the company had collected through what the tribunal termed as 'sham collective investment scheme (CIS)'. This was the largest CIS in the country so far — in terms of money collected as well as the number of investors involved — against which Sebi had passed an order.

NEW DELHI: The real estate industry is keeping its fingers crossed and hoping that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill would be passed in the current Monsoon Session of Parliament so that rationalisation of taxes on purchase of materials does not get pushed to 2017.

KOLKATA: Civic officials and politicians are now asking real estate developers in Kolkata and its vicinity to pay for every activity related to construction. This amount is so significant that developers factor in the additional cost at the planning stage of a project while calculating overheads.

Months after the proposed plan to demolish Balabrooie Guest House to build a club for legislators was scrapped following a public outcry, deputy speaker NH Shivashankara Reddy told media that Carlton House, another heritage building, would be converted into the proposed club. Carlton House is situated on Palace Road, off Vidhana Soudha.

BENGALURU/MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Real estate developers are increasingly turning to private equity investors and non-banking finance companies to refinance massive debts due to sluggish home sales in the last couple of years and banks becoming cautious about lending to the industry

BENGALURU: Can money raised by the Bangalore Development Authority from aspiring site owners be parked in high-risk investment instruments like mutual funds, though the plots remain elusive for years? Can the agency tasked with ensuring sustainable and orderly growth of Bengaluru resort to unauthorized monetary transfers to assorted government agencies like the Coffee Board, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation and Karnataka Backward Classes Department Building Construction Society which builds stud

As real estate prices skyrocket and renting out a house in the city gets increasingly difficult, many tenants are opting for illegal structures that are comparatively cheaper. Monday's incident at Teynampet, where a three-storey residential building on Bhaktavachalam Street tilted, once again exposed the risk of illegal buildings in the city. Taking no chances, Corporation of Chennai has decided to demolish the structure.

Panaji: The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013, which is still pending in Parliament, has the Goan real estate industry worried. While stakeholders agree that the bill, once passed, will bring clarity and confidence into the real estate market, developers are wary about the lack of onus placed on the government, which they feel, is an important stakeholder in the real estate economy.

The report of the Parliamentary Select committee on the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013, tabled on the floor of the Rajya Sabha has not only rectified the many dilutions that were made to the original Bill, it has also built in additional safeguards to regulate all kinds of transactions between home-buyers and builder

NEW DELHI: The real estate market in the country's top eight cities recorded a 320% year-on-year jump in affordable home launches in the quarter to June, according to a report by property advisory Cushman & Wakefield, indicating a shift in strategy by builders to beat the slump.

NEW DELHI: Private equity (PE) investment in the real estate sector rose by 16 per cent to Rs 6,010 crore in April-June period as developers raised funds to complete existing projects on account of slow sales, says a report.

MUMBAI: The Housing for All (HFA) project will give the Indian economy a much needed boost. However, its success will depend on the ramping up of the existing urban infrastructure, fast tracking of approval processes and also targeting the actual beneficiary, says India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra).

SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh government has made seeking prior approval mandatory before registration of a plot's sale deed. In order to ensure the planned and regulated development in all areas, the state government has decided to ensure strict enforcement of the Town and Country Planning Act and its rules

COIMBATORE: Credai is aiming to establish a new synergy between real estate developers and government, while rallying its support to push for a single window clearance system, industry body's National President Gitambar Anand said today.

GURGAON: A Gurgaon Arbitration Council (GAC) was constituted as ombudsman to resolve disputes between consumers and builders on Sunday at a meeting attended by builders, administration officials and RWAs.

MUMBAI: Declining borrowing costs, improving employment outlook and availability of affordable housing projects are encouraging prospective home buyers to purchase new properties in 2015, a survey has said.

MUMBAI:HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh has called for an end to the ban on loans for acquiring property for development. According to Parekh, easing finance to developers would help bring down cost of houses.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched three mega flagship schemes aimed at transforming urban India, including the much talked about Smart Cities proposal, with a whopping Rs 4 lakh crore kitty having been lined up for the projects.